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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Facilitation World Café |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait. | When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 30-90 min | 60-180 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-20 | 12-100+ | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |